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| ==Amebiasis== | | ==Amebiasis== |
| *May also be spelled ''amoebiasis''. | | *May also be spelled ''amoebiasis''. |
| ===General===
| | {{Main|Amebiasis}} |
| *Infection with ''Entamoeba histolytica''.<ref>URL: [http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/amebiasis/fact_sheet.htm http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/amebiasis/fact_sheet.htm]. Accessed on: 17 June 2010.</ref>
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| *May mimic [[colon cancer]].<ref name=pmid19332922>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fernandes | first1 = H. | last2 = D'Souza | first2 = CR. | last3 = Swethadri | first3 = GK. | last4 = Naik | first4 = CN. | title = Ameboma of the colon with amebic liver abscess mimicking metastatic colon cancer. | journal = Indian J Pathol Microbiol | volume = 52 | issue = 2 | pages = 228-30 | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 19332922 | url=http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2009;volume=52;issue=2;spage=228;epage=230;aulast=Fernandes }}</ref>
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| May cause:<ref name=pmid20303955>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mortimer | first1 = L. | last2 = Chadee | first2 = K. | title = The immunopathogenesis of Entamoeba histolytica. | journal = Exp Parasitol | volume = | issue = | pages = | month = Mar | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.03.005 | PMID = 20303955 }}</ref>
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| *Dysentery (diarrhea containing mucus and/or blood in the feces).
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| *Colitis.
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| *Liver abscess.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:
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| *Entamoeba histolytica are round/ovoid eosinophilic bodies ~ 40-60 micrometers in maximal dimension.
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| **Found in bowel lumen.
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| **Ingest [[RBC]]s.
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| ====Image====
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| <gallery>
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| Image:Amebiasis_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Amebiasis - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
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| Image:Amoebic_dysentery_in_colon_biopsy_%281%29.jpg | Amebiasis (WC)
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| </gallery>
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| ==Cryptosporidiosis== | | ==Cryptosporidiosis== |